Erin Harvey
@erinharvey.bsky.social
Postdoc @ USYD 🇦🇺 | virus emergence and evolution | pathogen discovery | metagenomics and bioinformatics | big fan of ticks and marsupials
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Phionah Tushabe was the winner of our poster prize! Her study used metagenomics to identify viruses in stool of patients with non-polio acute flaccid paralysis. She not only had a beautiful poster but did a fantastic job of presenting her project. We can’t wait to see her work in the future!
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Phionah Tushabe was the winner of our poster prize! Her study used metagenomics to identify viruses in stool of patients with non-polio acute flaccid paralysis. She not only had a beautiful poster but did a fantastic job of presenting her project. We can’t wait to see her work in the future!
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Day 4 of the metagenomic virus discovery workshop is all about phylogenetics and virus evolution! Thanks to Eduan Wilkinson, Jackie Mahar and @spyroslytras.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Day 4 of the metagenomic virus discovery workshop is all about phylogenetics and virus evolution! Thanks to Eduan Wilkinson, Jackie Mahar and @spyroslytras.bsky.social
@ceri-news.bsky.social
@ceri-news.bsky.social
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This morning we’re starting bright and early with a hands on tutorial in handling large sequencing output and designing a virus discovery pipeline
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This morning we’re starting bright and early with a hands on tutorial in handling large sequencing output and designing a virus discovery pipeline
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The advanced metagenomics for virus discovery workshop is underway in South Africa. Participants from 20 countries, global South such as Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, and Ghana, collaborating with expert teams from CERI, Karolinska Institutet, Germany, Australia, Japan
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The advanced metagenomics for virus discovery workshop is underway in South Africa. Participants from 20 countries, global South such as Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, and Ghana, collaborating with expert teams from CERI, Karolinska Institutet, Germany, Australia, Japan
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Today, we start one of the most advanced virus discovery & metagenomics workshop in the world in Stellenbosch. Experts from Australia, America, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Italy, Nederlands, Japan, U.K and Sweden come together to teach participants from 20 countries.
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Today, we start one of the most advanced virus discovery & metagenomics workshop in the world in Stellenbosch. Experts from Australia, America, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Italy, Nederlands, Japan, U.K and Sweden come together to teach participants from 20 countries.
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Day 1 of the metagenomic virus discovery workshop is underway with lectures on project planning. Fantastic to have teachers and participants from 20 countries here together in Stellenbosch
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Day 1 of the metagenomic virus discovery workshop is underway with lectures on project planning. Fantastic to have teachers and participants from 20 countries here together in Stellenbosch
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The Metagenomic Virus Discovery workshop kicks off bright and early on Monday morning in gorgeous Stellenbosch, South Africa. We hope our participants are ready for a week packed full of insightful lecture and practical sessions with our panel of experts from around the world
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The Metagenomic Virus Discovery workshop kicks off bright and early on Monday morning in gorgeous Stellenbosch, South Africa. We hope our participants are ready for a week packed full of insightful lecture and practical sessions with our panel of experts from around the world
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Join us in the Neeslie Cinema, Stellenbosch University, on Wednesday 19th November at 14:00GMT (16:00 SAST) for the MVD workshop keynote. We have two fantastic talks from Dr Maja Vukovikj from Uppsala university, Sweden and Dr Erik Karlsson from Insitut Pasteur, Cambodia
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November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Join us in the Neeslie Cinema, Stellenbosch University, on Wednesday 19th November at 14:00GMT (16:00 SAST) for the MVD workshop keynote. We have two fantastic talks from Dr Maja Vukovikj from Uppsala university, Sweden and Dr Erik Karlsson from Insitut Pasteur, Cambodia
tinyurl.com/ytj3sppm
tinyurl.com/ytj3sppm
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Just over one month until we welcome our teachers and participants from all around the world to beautiful Stellenbosch, South Africa, for five days of hands on metagenomic virus discovery sessions
October 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just over one month until we welcome our teachers and participants from all around the world to beautiful Stellenbosch, South Africa, for five days of hands on metagenomic virus discovery sessions
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Research assistant + postdoc position on a NERC funded project working w @darrenobbard.bsky.social and collaborating with @savebutterflies.bsky.social on the ecological and evolutionary drivers of the virome of UK moths @uniexecec.bsky.social. Descriptions below and links here benlongdon.com/join/
October 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Research assistant + postdoc position on a NERC funded project working w @darrenobbard.bsky.social and collaborating with @savebutterflies.bsky.social on the ecological and evolutionary drivers of the virome of UK moths @uniexecec.bsky.social. Descriptions below and links here benlongdon.com/join/
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Just under 6 weeks until the metagenomic virus discovery workshop kicks off in Stellenbosch, South Africa. We're excited to be bringing together a fantastic group of speakers and teachers with expertise in all aspects of virus discovery from around the world.
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Just under 6 weeks until the metagenomic virus discovery workshop kicks off in Stellenbosch, South Africa. We're excited to be bringing together a fantastic group of speakers and teachers with expertise in all aspects of virus discovery from around the world.
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✨ #MicroSeq2025 Plenary Highlight! ✨
Dr Jackie Mahar is an evolutionary virologist & bioinformatician based at CSIRO, managing projects on NGS-based phylogenomics of zoonotic & animal viruses for pathogen discovery, surveillance & viral ecology.
Register👇
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Dr Jackie Mahar is an evolutionary virologist & bioinformatician based at CSIRO, managing projects on NGS-based phylogenomics of zoonotic & animal viruses for pathogen discovery, surveillance & viral ecology.
Register👇
trybooking.com/events/landing/1424679
September 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
✨ #MicroSeq2025 Plenary Highlight! ✨
Dr Jackie Mahar is an evolutionary virologist & bioinformatician based at CSIRO, managing projects on NGS-based phylogenomics of zoonotic & animal viruses for pathogen discovery, surveillance & viral ecology.
Register👇
trybooking.com/events/landing/1424679
Dr Jackie Mahar is an evolutionary virologist & bioinformatician based at CSIRO, managing projects on NGS-based phylogenomics of zoonotic & animal viruses for pathogen discovery, surveillance & viral ecology.
Register👇
trybooking.com/events/landing/1424679
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📣Calling Australian/NZ ECRs and PhD Students 📣 Abstract submission and registration for MicroSeq2025 opens July 21! Abstracts for both medium-length and lightning talks will be welcome.
July 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
📣Calling Australian/NZ ECRs and PhD Students 📣 Abstract submission and registration for MicroSeq2025 opens July 21! Abstracts for both medium-length and lightning talks will be welcome.
Got a great idea for a metagenomic virus discovery project but not sure what to do next? We are running a 5 day hands on workshop in beautiful Stellenbosch, South Africa with experts from around the world. Applications are open until 31st July. climade.health/2025/06/22/m...
July 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Got a great idea for a metagenomic virus discovery project but not sure what to do next? We are running a 5 day hands on workshop in beautiful Stellenbosch, South Africa with experts from around the world. Applications are open until 31st July. climade.health/2025/06/22/m...
Interested in metagenomic virus discovery but don't know where to start? In collaboration with CERI and a group of virus discovery experts from around the world, we'll be running a 5 day hands-on workshop in virus discovery.
Find out more here: climade.health/2025/06/22/m...
Find out more here: climade.health/2025/06/22/m...
July 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Interested in metagenomic virus discovery but don't know where to start? In collaboration with CERI and a group of virus discovery experts from around the world, we'll be running a 5 day hands-on workshop in virus discovery.
Find out more here: climade.health/2025/06/22/m...
Find out more here: climade.health/2025/06/22/m...
I’m so excited to finally have this work published. Fantastic work from @julienmelade.bsky.social culturing a virus identified through metagenomic virus discovery methods
First isolation of a mammalian chuvirus, bizarrely from Tasmanian Devil facial tumour cells. Work led by @julienmelade.bsky.social and @erinharvey.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Isolation of an infectious mammalian chu-like virus from tumor cells of the endangered Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Jingchuvirales are single-stranded negative-sense RNA viruses classified into five families, including the Chuviridae.1 Jingchuviruses were first foun…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I’m so excited to finally have this work published. Fantastic work from @julienmelade.bsky.social culturing a virus identified through metagenomic virus discovery methods
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I'm thinking of organising a meeting on endogenous viral elements (RNA, DNA and retroviral) - if you'd potentially be interested, please fill out the form here - forms.gle/wrCiWMw4yXZe... - so I can gauge interest. Please RT or share with anyone maybe interested! 🧪🧬🖥️🦠 #virology #bioinformatics
EVE Meeting Expression of Interest
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May 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm thinking of organising a meeting on endogenous viral elements (RNA, DNA and retroviral) - if you'd potentially be interested, please fill out the form here - forms.gle/wrCiWMw4yXZe... - so I can gauge interest. Please RT or share with anyone maybe interested! 🧪🧬🖥️🦠 #virology #bioinformatics
After just short of nine years in the Holmes group, it’s come time for me to move on and stop spending Eddie’s money. I’ve had an incredible time working with everything from Antarctic ticks to Brazilian bird poo. But I’m excited to be starting a Humboldt fellowship and joining FLI in Germany
May 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
After just short of nine years in the Holmes group, it’s come time for me to move on and stop spending Eddie’s money. I’ve had an incredible time working with everything from Antarctic ticks to Brazilian bird poo. But I’m excited to be starting a Humboldt fellowship and joining FLI in Germany
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We would love feedback on a new NCBI-BLAST service we are launching today: sky-blast.com
Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable
Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable
March 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We would love feedback on a new NCBI-BLAST service we are launching today: sky-blast.com
Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable
Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
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I know all the headlines about the recent Japanese Encephalitis death in NSW state “a man from Sydney” but please keep in mind that there is currently no evidence the virus is active in mosquitoes along the east coast (inc. Sydney). https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20250225_01.aspx
News - NSW records first death of person with Japanese encephalitis since 2022
NSW Health continues to urge the public to be vigilant and take precautions against mosquitoes as NSW records its first death of a person with Japanese encephalitis (JE) since May 2022.
www.health.nsw.gov.au
February 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I know all the headlines about the recent Japanese Encephalitis death in NSW state “a man from Sydney” but please keep in mind that there is currently no evidence the virus is active in mosquitoes along the east coast (inc. Sydney). https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20250225_01.aspx
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The abstract submission & registration for #RdRpSummit2025 is NOW OPEN!!! 🎉🙌
Do you work on RNA virus discovery using RdRps? Are you joining the #ViBioM2025 in Portugal?
Consider submitting your research in one of our sessions!
More info: RdRp.io
Do you work on RNA virus discovery using RdRps? Are you joining the #ViBioM2025 in Portugal?
Consider submitting your research in one of our sessions!
More info: RdRp.io
February 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The abstract submission & registration for #RdRpSummit2025 is NOW OPEN!!! 🎉🙌
Do you work on RNA virus discovery using RdRps? Are you joining the #ViBioM2025 in Portugal?
Consider submitting your research in one of our sessions!
More info: RdRp.io
Do you work on RNA virus discovery using RdRps? Are you joining the #ViBioM2025 in Portugal?
Consider submitting your research in one of our sessions!
More info: RdRp.io
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🚨👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁!
Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected.
3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar:
vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...
Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected.
3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar:
vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...
3y postdoc role available in computational biology! | VIBE Research Lab
Work with us in a three year postdoc research role! The role will develop supervised learning and graph analysis methods to understand the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues t...
vibelab.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🚨👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁!
Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected.
3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar:
vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...
Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected.
3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar:
vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...
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Who appointed the ICTV or its members and gave them authority? Taxonomy should facilitate clear and accurate communications. For many viral Families constantly changing names (not just binomials) have consistently created confusion - and been largely ignored by workers in the field.
January 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Who appointed the ICTV or its members and gave them authority? Taxonomy should facilitate clear and accurate communications. For many viral Families constantly changing names (not just binomials) have consistently created confusion - and been largely ignored by workers in the field.
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Turns out that metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut contains can identify exotic plant viruses that are biosecurity threats. Work led by Jackie Mahar and Solomon Maina. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Detection of exotic biosecurity threat ribgrass mosaic virus and novel tobamoviruses through metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut content
Ribgrass mosaic virus (RMV) and related viruses of the genus Tobamovirus (Virgaviridae) are cruciferous plant pathogens that represent a threat to global horticultural systems. In Australia, they are ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Turns out that metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut contains can identify exotic plant viruses that are biosecurity threats. Work led by Jackie Mahar and Solomon Maina. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...